Grandbridge Real Estate Capital recently originated and closed a $4.8 million first mortgage loan secured by Riverwalk Apartments, a 136-unit residential community located on the Fox River near downtown Waukesha, Wis.

Catalyst Exhibits has signed a long-term lease for a 144,000-square-foot facility in Kenosha County. The firm is relocating from Crystal Lake, Ill. to the LakeView Corporate Park in Pleasant Prairie, Wis. The Wisconsin State Department of Commerce pledged a $500,000 loan to the company and the Kenosha Area Business Alliance is providing $1.25 million in the form of a low-interest loan to assist with facility renovations and equipment.

No one knows yet what retailers will be setting up at the former home of a Roundy's supermarket in Wauwatosa, Wis. But one thing that most can agree on: Whatever does spring up at the 69-acre site will be big.

Jockey International, Inc. will relocate its existing 39th Street Closeout Center to the downtown harbor front area of Kenosha, Wis. Jockey plans to open the new store during the Memorial Day holiday weekend.

Madison, Wis.-based CresaPartners recently represented Johnson Creek Enterprises, a company that manufactures the juice that fuels electronic cigarettes, in its lease negotiations for a for a facility in Hardland, Wis.

CB Richard Ellis brokers Chase Brieman and Ellen Powers were recently awarded a total of three 2010 Deal of the Year awards by The Commercial Brokers Group. The Board used an unbiased third-party voting panel to establish winners in each category. The categories were office, retail, industrial and investment/multi-family.

Midwest Real Estate News recently interviewed Max Rasansky, managing director of the Milwaukee office of CB Richard Ellis, for his thoughts on the strength of the commercial real estate industry in his slice of Wisconsin.

Grandbridge Real Estate Capital recently originated and closed a $50 million first-mortgage bridge loan secured by a four-asset office and industrial portfolio located in four states. The portfolio is owned by a fund managed by Newport Beach, California-based KBS Realty Advisors, Inc.